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Now Available on my blog: The Complete Sanders Sides Spotify Playlist Breakdown

I purposely ordered these songs in the way they appear. And if you can play it off shuffle, I would encourage you to do so. Placing songs from the Q&A at the beginning and the songs with which I chose to end each playlist were not placed where they were accidentally by any means. But there is a method to my madness. I realise that many of you don’t have Premium and will only be able to play them on shuffle.

Some songs on these playlists just spoke to me, others I had to think about before adding. After each Blurb explaining the playlist, I’ve added links to them, so you don’t have to hunt them down. Hope you enjoy listening to them because they were fun to make.

-Kt💗

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Thomas - Most of the songs appearing on his playlist are songs that Thomas has covered. Some of the songs also appear on the Sides playlists. They are his Sides Afterall, so it only makes sense that they share some songs. {Link}

Orange Colored Sky {Nat King Cole} – Thomas has stated this to be one of his favourite songs. It had to be the first song.

Snow In Venice {Elizaveta} – Thomas’s cover of this song has got to be one of my favourites so it seemed only right.

Fly Me To The Moon {Frank Sinatra} – He covered it.

Love Like You (End Credits) {Rebecca Sugar} – It’s SU!

My Dragon Pal and Me {Cast of Galavant} – King Richard sometimes reminds me of Thomas. This song in particular.

Freeze Your Brain {Original World Premier Cast} – HE WAS JD IN HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL (the Orlando Production)

Waving Through A Window {Ben Platt} – He covered it.

We Are The Crystal Gems (Full Theme Song) {ZachCallison}

Welcome to the Black Parade {My Chemical Romance} – He covered it.

Guns and Ships {Original Broadway Cast}

Feels Like Summer {panama Wedding}

It’s Over Isn’t It {Deedee Madno Hall} – This has got to be another favourite song he’s covered.

Sick Muse {Metric}

Bubble Gum {Brigitte Bardot} – j’avais besoin d’ajouter une chanson en français.

Colors {Honest Men}

I Found You {Fraser Murray}

Here Comes A Thought {Estelle} – HOW ARE THOMAS’S SU COVERS SO GOOD?

Seventeen {Original World Premier Cast} – I think he and Nicole are better. But here’s the original.

Anything Vine Can Do, YouTube Can Do Better {Jon Cozart} – Thomas actually sings in this one, so …

Let’s Face It I’m Cute {11 Acorn Lane} – Thomas is cute.

Seasons Of Love {Original Broadway Cast}

Here {Alessia Cara} – the social anxiety and introversion he talks about.

Bueberry Hill {Louis Armstrong}

YouTube Culture {Jon Cozart}

Little Game {Benny}

Absolutely Smitten {dodie}

Dead Disco {Metric}

What A Wonderful World {Louis Armstrong}

Goodnight My Friend {Cast of Galavant}

Logan - This was the most difficult playlist for me to compile. Anxiety’s was easy because I stuck to a few artists and Patton and Morality each had a specific tone I was following. But I am least confident in this playlist. Anyway, most of the songs in this playlist relate to Logan more in their titles than in their tone. I tried to have mostly jazz and hip-hop genres, but I’m not sure I was very successful in that. In short, his songs mostly relate to his struggles to empathise and understand emotion. {Link}

Comfortably Numb {Pink Floyd} – Logan used this song to describe how he was feeling in the Q&A.

Immortals {Fall Out Boy} – this is a song from Logan’s favourite Disney film.

Achilles Last Stand {Led Zeppelin} – Mythology, literature, etc.

White & Nerdy {“Weird Al” Yankovic} – Logan’s a big ol’ nerd. And we love him for it.

The Meaning of Life {Monty Python} – Seems like something Logan would ponder.

What Am I Feeling {Cast of Galavant} – He doesn’t understand emotions.

Somethin’ Stupid {Frank Sinatra} – title more than meaning.

Another Brick In The Wall {Pink Floyd} – “Don’t Need No” is a double negative and I feel like that would bug him and I’d assume that’s why he’d want this kids to be educated.

Guns and Ships {Original Broadway Cast} – Logan can rap.

Blow Us All Away {Original Broadway Cast} – Ibid.

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien {Édith Piaf} – Nah, he doesn’t regret anything *cough* infinitesimal *cough* Nothing.

You Oughta Know {Alanis Morisette}

I Wish I Knew Better {Owen Danoff}

Jamais seule {Loane} – Never alone. Not when he has books.

All of Me {Billie Holiday}

Education {Pearl Jam}

Word Crimes {“Weird Al” Yankovic}

Emotions {Evence} – no lyrics, because songs without lyrics are more confusing … like emotions.

I Don’t Like You {Cast of Galavant} – How he feels about Roman … probably.

Hit The Road Jack {Ray Charles} – again probably directed at Roman or Patton

Dance Off {Macklemore & Ryan Lewis}

Almost Like Being In Love {Nat King Cole} – ALMOST

Bohemian Rhapsody {Queen}

As Good As It Gets {Cast of Galavant} – he’s a realist

Galaxy Song {Monty Python} – That ending though.

Patton - Patton’s playlist was fun. I wanted it to be both parental (hence songs like “Que Sera Sera”) but also childish (hence the songs from kids shows and Disney films). I wanted it to play off the duality of Patton both being the parental side yet also being the most innocent/naïve of the group as well. I wanted his playlist to be very fun and playful. As such, I didn’t pay too much attention to the genre of the songs, I just wanted to be sure they were upbeat. {Link}

I Am The Walrus {The Beatles} – Patton used this song to describe how he was feeling in the Q&A.

Campfire Song Song {Spongebob Squarepants} – He pretty much just listens to it on repeat.

Winnie the Pooh {Disney Studio Chorus}

The Bare Necessities {Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman}

He Mele No Lilo {Mark Keali’I Ho’omalu and Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus}

Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride {Mark Keali’I Ho’omalu and Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus}

Steven Universe Theme Song {Giant Woman}

Pennies From Heaven {Louis Prima}

A Spoonful or Sugar {Julie Andrews}

Fly Me To The Moon {Frank Sinatra}

Beauty {Original Cast of Starship}

Pays to Bean Animal {Team StarKid}

La vie en rose {Édith Piaf} – I feel like the English version of this song is much more sombre than the French one and that’s why I put the French version on Patton’s playlist

Stadium Love {Metric}

Simple Song {The Shins}

You Make Me Feel So Young {Frank Sinatra}

Dream A Little Dream Of Me {Eliza Fitzgerald}

Angel Dance {Robert Plant}

Ironic {Alanis Morisette} – Because, the only ironic thing about this song is that the lyrics have nothing to do with irony. Reminds me of Patton’s use of “adultery.”

Je Ne Sais Pas {Joyce Jonathan} – Literally, the titles is I Don’t Know, and if that ain’t Patton.

1234 {Feist} – Almost put this on Logan’s playlist. But Feist counts “1234,56, 9 and 10” where did 7 and 8 go? Because of that, I felt this song was better suited to Patton.

The Moss {Cosmo Sheldrake} – this would work for Roman too, but I imagine it more as a parent telling a story than a knight living the story.

Ramble On {Led Zeppelin}

Feels Like Summer {Panama Wedding}

Que Sera, Sera {Sly & The Family Stone} – Because this song is so parental and I’m a sucker for Heathers. Syd Straw’s version is my favourite, but it’s not available here, so I went for the version at the end of the film.

Roman - Disney, you guys, Disney. So, Roman’s playlist had to be both filled with Disney and be as theatrical as he is. His playlist comprises of songs from the Disney Princess lineup (not necessarily a song sung by the princess) in chronological order as well as show tunes. Roman is Thomas’s fanciful Sides, so it seemed only natural to include soundtracks from musicals (whether film, television, or stage) as well as to includes songs focusing on the self and one’s dreams. {Link}

All I Do Is Win {DJ Khaled} – Roman used this song to describe how he was feeling in the Q&A.

Halo {Beyoncé} – His favourite “band”

Some Day My Prince Will Come {Adriana Caselotti}

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes {Ilene Woods}

An Unusual Prince/Once Upon A Dream {Mary Costa}

Part Of Your World {Jodi Benson}

Beauty And The Beast {Angela Lansbury}

One Jump Ahead {Brad Kane}

Colors Of The Wind {Judy Kuhn}

I’ll Make a Man Out of You {Donny Osmund}

Almost There {Anika Noni Rose}

I See the Light {Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi}

Touch The Sky {Julie Fowlis}

Love Is an Open Door {Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana}

How Far I’ll Go {Auli’i Cravalho}

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious {Julie Andrews}

Freeze Your Brain {Original World Premier Cast}

My Shot {Original Broadway Cast}

For Forever {Ben Platt}

I’m Too Sexy {Right Said Fred} – OK, but like seriously. This is such a Roman song.

Ma Pomme {Maurice Chevalier} – mostly for this line “J'suis plus heureux qu'un roi”

Dreams {The Cranberries}

My Way {Frank Sinatra} – C’mon

Orange Colored Sky {Nat King Cole}

Virgil - The songs on this playlist are in the emo, rock, and punk genres for the most part. I also think this playlist has the least variety of artist, the reason for this being when one is in an emotional state, one is more likely to listen to familiar songs. Songs the person is used to and songs that comfort them. As such, Anxiety’s playlist changes between a few repeated artists. {Link}

I’m Not Okay (I Promise) {My Chemical Romance} – Anxiety used this song to describe how he was feeling in the Q&A.

Taking Over Me {Evanescence} – This is a song from his favourite band.

Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time {Panic! At The Disco} – It’s full of angst. What else can I say?

Stressed Out {Twenty One Pilots} – He is anxiety personified after all.

Don’t Let Me Get Me {Pink}

Basket Case {Green Day}

Paranoid {Black Sabbath}

Dazed and Confused {Led Zeppelin}

Fallen Leaves {Billy Talent}

Call Me When You’re Sober {Evanescence}

Welcome To The Black Parade {MCR} - He/Thomas sang this song on snapchat. So, I had to.

Heavydirtysoul {TOP}

Bring Me To Life {Evanescence}

Welcome To My Life {Simple Plan}

This Is Gospel {Panic! At The Disco}

Gimme Sympathy {Metric} – He wants to be understood by the other Sides. He wants sympathy.

Goner {TOP}

Red Flag {Billy Talent}

Teenagers {MCR}

Haunted {Evanescence}

Just Like a Pill {Pink}

I Write Sins Not Tragedies {Panic! At The Disco}

Devil In A Midnight Mass {Billy Talent}

Help I’m Alive {Metric}

Good Riddance {Green Day} – it felt only appropriate to end his playlist with a song with such title.

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Soundtrack of the Week 24/08/2017

It is time for the Soundtrack of the Week, the SYRHHT blog segment where I discuss latest music releases and other projects that I listen to over the space of 7 days. So, here is the Soundtrack!

ALBUM (EP)

Dave East- Paranoia: A True Story Released: August 18, 2017 Label: Def Jam Recordings and Mass Appeal Records

As I have made very clear on this blog, Dave East has become one of my favourite rappers in the new age of hip hop (he has just overtaken Vince Staples as the artist who has been given the most mentions on a Soundtrack with 3 individual entries). Following the release of his acclaimed mixtape Kairi Chanel last year, Dave East gives us Paranoia: A True Story, an EP that acts as a prelude to his debut studio album for Def Jam. As prelude EPs go, I was worried that this would be a similar situation to Vic Mensa’s Manuscript which only had four songs to act as a prelude to his debut album The Autobiography (two projects I do want to hear but have yet to). Interestingly, even with three skits and one interlude, Paranoia is still quite stacked with nine songs to warm us up for the pending album.

Once you overlook the four aforementioned filler tracks, Dave East shows off once again what has gotten him this far; raw lyricism and vivid storytelling. Setting the scene with the opening track Paranoia, Dave illustrates the mindset he has become accustomed to; paranoia over the people around him as they might be trying to steal from him or see to it that he ends up in prison. In the life he leads on the streets or even as an up-and-coming artist, it is hard to see who to trust and it is easy to become paranoid. The feeling of paranoia is further explored on standout songs The Hated (which illustrates the story of 2 drug dealers) and Phone Jumpin’ (which features Wiz Khalifa and samples Busta Rhymes- Gimme Some More which was amazing btw). In general, he sticks to what he does great, strong and lyrical showings about urban life in Harlem hoods.

This EP also has the softer songs for the ladies that are marketed as the lead singles. The first of them is Perfect featuring Chris Brown, which was talked about earlier this month on a Soundtrack but another song that is looking to gain some traction in the mainstream is My Dirty Little Secret. This song illustrates yet another story about a girl that East is getting with.

She really my type because she think love is boring I don’t know if it’s the jewelry or the cash That made her respond to me so fast She ain’t never asked me nothin’ ‘bout my past

Taken from My Dirty Little Secret Even within this love story, those feelings of paranoia are still prevalent.

Like this the shorty, you been talking bout and showing us I’m growing up, no more Keisha’s nigga I’m blowing up I don’t trust her enough to pass the weed I be rolling up

Taken from My Dirty Little Secret What is immediately interesting is that he makes direct reference to a previous song his, Keisha where he was just sleeping around but now he is looking to settle down and yet that last line brings everything back to the paranoia.

This song shows the story of East meeting a girl but what is interesting here is the constant cognitive dissonance that is present throughout the song. On one hand, he really likes her, wanting to spend all his time with her, wanting to make love to her and tell the world about her and yet on the other hand, he is viewing her as just a another girl he should not really care for, constantly thinking she just be using him for his riches.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Paranoia: A True Story. It is a strong showing of his storytelling abilities and gives us hope towards his debut album that will be coming next year. I openly recommend everyone to listen to this project.

RATINGS

Concept: 3/5 Production: 4/5 Lyrical Content: 4.5/5 Flow and Delivery: 4/5 Repeatability: 4/5 Did I enjoy this project? Yes, I did Songs to Recommend? Paranoia, The Hated, Phone Jumpin, Dirty Little Secret and Found A Way

Final Rating: 3.9/5

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Dave East- My Dirty Little Secret

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Dave East- The Hated The third track of the album, Dave East tells the story of two friends, Anthony and Cory as they grew up and found themselves in the dangerous and frivolous lifestyle brought about from drug dealing. A story filled with expensive spending, imprisonment, gang beef, betrayal and so much more.

MIXTAPE

A$AP Ferg- Still Striving Released: August 18, 2017 Label: ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records

If I wrote on here that Ferg was the best artist to come out of the A$AP Mob, would you believe me? It is something that you can genuinely argue and question. While A$AP Rocky has had the most success of the New York rap group and is the reason a lot of people know of the Mob in the first place, A$AP Ferg has definitely risen right behind his friend. With the release of the well-received Trap Lord in 2013, Ferg has been on a rise in the rap industry. His follow-up album Always Strive and Prosper illustrated the changes he has explored stylistically, utilising a wider range of instrumentation and more polished production. In my mind, Ferg has a strong grasp of modern trends in hip-hop and is easily able to adapt himself to fit the trends without giving up his artistic integrity, staying true to the unique style that brought him fame in the first place.

This mixtape, Still Striving is a strong showing of Ferg utilising the current wave of hip-hop. On this mixtape, Ferg has MANY FEATURES. With Meek Mill, Cam'ron, Dave East, Lil Yachty, Nav, Famous Dex, Playboi Carti, Kid, Migos, A$AP Rocky, MadeinTYO, Busta Rhymes, French Montana, Rick Ross and Snoop Dogg, Ferg uses the variety of sounds to his fullest advantage.

Now here’s where the issue with this mixtape lies; your enjoyment of this mixtape weighs heavily upon your feelings of some of the younger rappers he has featured. Ferg holds down every song he is on, giving us his strong lyricism over his exuberant, trap-influenced flow but you might switch off immediately once you hear someone else start spitting overly simplistic lyrics, with reliance on auto-tune or ad-libs. While I can say that East Coast Remix is the best song in terms of featured artists (read the Soundtrack from last week for my in-depth “analysis” of the song), Trap and a Dream featuring Meek Mill and Olympian featuring Dave East are strong standout tracks; these two rappers are very similar to Ferg stylistically so their respective chemistries are very clear. Funny enough though, while only three of the fourteen tracks have no features at all, they are also some of Ferg’s stronger verses on the project.

While Still Striving brings up some decent songs to listen to for the moment, it is probably worth waiting for A$AP Ferg’s next studio album to hear him rap to the fullest.

RATINGS

Concept: 2/5 Production: 3.5/5 Lyrical Content: 3.5/5 Flow and Delivery: 4/5 Repeatability: 3/5 Did I enjoy this project? I did but it was hard at times Songs to Recommend? Trap and A Dream, East Coast Remix, Nandos, Rubberband Man and Olympian

Final Rating: 3.1/5

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A$AP Ferg- Nandos One of the songs on the mixtape without any features. It is named after a chain restaurant here in the UK that specialises in chicken (random, I know). The song is an upbeat recollection of Ferg thinking about a time he and his friends were struggling to eat now that those days are far behind him. It is a standout track in my mind and is a good showing of Ferg’s use of the trap style.

SONG

Princess Nokia- G.O.A.T Released: June 28, 2017 Label: Rough Trade Records

The great thing about the internet is that millions of people are sharing around music every day and you can find something you have never heard of and immediately love it. This song is an example of that for me.The New York M.C. known as Princess Nokia has been making music since 2010, previously under the name of Wavy Spice (the lost member of the Spice Girls?). Gaining fans through her Soundcloud and YouTube early on in the decade and being apart of the group Ratking, she recently made waves with her EP 1992 and loose singles such as Brujas and G.O.A.T

From the very little I’ve read up on her so far, I see her as a representation of a millennial raised in the internet era; openly embracing intersectionality as she is a kaleidoscope of personalities and identities within a single being. Makes this song, G.O.A.T stand out is the lyrics.

Hate to burst your bubble, bitch I’m that weird girl that’s runnin’ shit I’m a boss bitch runnin’ big shit Got a company, need a couple mil’ Ain’t no rap talk, this my real life And that’s on God, I almost died twice

Opening lines of G.O.A.T

Off the bat, she challenges rap norms by calling herself a weird girl that is still a bad bitch who has been in two different near-death experiences (getting shot at close range when she was 17 and having a lighter explode in her face); we often have two different images of a “bad bitch” and a “weird girl” especially in this hip-hop culture, thinking they are two different entities and cannot be the same but of course, Nokia contradicts that belief. Throughout the song, she will go on to contradict the view of what a female rapper should be. In this song, Princess Nokia tells us that she is a bi-racial, mosh-pitting, intersectional feminist skater chick without curves who likes to watch anime, play with toys, go on MySpace, the film Clueless and OG Southern female rappers like Gangsta Boo, La Chat and Princess Loco….who just so happens to be a rapper. If you compare her to rappers in the mainstream right now (not just female rappers at this point), you probably won’t find a lot of rappers remotely similar.

I change rap forever, man It’s me who had the biggest plan Ain’t no average bitch, I’ve been the man I’ve been the G.O.A.T, eatin’ off the land

Princess Nokia is one of the more unique and intriguing people who happen to be a rapper I have seen in a while and honestly, I am hooked. Her EP 1992 is going to be reissued as an album with G.O.A.T and five other songs added to the tracklist; needless to say, I will be listening.

Honestly, G.O.A.T will go down as one of my favourite songs of 2017 and it is looking like I am going to become a Princess Nokia fan.

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